Utility hook cluster



Aug. 26-, 1924.

S. S. ROSE ET AL UTILITY HOOK CLUSTER Filed Oct. 15 1923 INVENTORS Smuel51K086 and Susan L.Swope BY ATTORNEY Qhv$mm- Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED P T NT OFF SAMUEL s, Rosa Ann Susan a. sworn, or salt Jos'E,cAnsonnm.

U'riLI'rY HOOK CLUSTER.

Appucaata and October 15, 1923. Serial in. 668,583.

T hZZ whom it may concern:

e it known that we, SAMUEL S. Ross and Susan L. Sworn, citizens of theUnited States, residing at San Jose, county of Santa Clara, State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in UtilityHook Clusters; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which forma part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in supporting hooks, our mainobject being to provide a cluster of hooks of the above characterarranged in a compact unit and arranged to be removably attached to apost tree or similar object by means of a belt or strap of any suitablenature.

Our hook-cluster is therefore well adapted, and in fact is especiallyintended, for general utility use in temporary camps and the like, whereit is usually a prob em to provide for the hanging up of articles ofclothing, cooking utensils and the like.

Our hook cluster or a number of them on a single strap or belt may bemounted in position, or detached, in but a seconds time, and welleliminate the need of driving nails to serve as hooks, or similar crudeand un satisfactory makeshifts.

Our cluster is light and takes up but little room when packed, and yetits capacity for supporting articles is considerable.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which is exceedingly effective for the purposes forwhich it is designed.

These objects we accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a fanciful view showing a pair of our hook clusters as mountedin position and supporting numerous articles thereon.

Fig. 2 is a detached and enlarged view of the cluster.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral 1 denotes a vertical length of light rod or heavywire terminating at its lower end in an upturned and being bent over anddown at its upper end to form another upturned but smaller hook 3.

A suitable distance on each side of the member 1 and parallel theretoare other wires or rods 4 having upturned hooks 5 on their lower ends,preferably on a somewhat higher plane than the hook 2.

A certain distance below the upper end of the member 1 the wires 1 bendtheretoward in common horizontal alinement as at 6 and are then bothintertwined and wrapped around said member 1 for a desired number ofturns as at 7 after which the wires 4 extend upwardly parallel to thewire 1 but spaced somewhat therefrom as at 8, then again being bent tosaid wire 1 and being intertwined and wrapped therearound as at 9, saidlast wrapping being the upper terminations of said wires 1 and beingjust under the upper bend 1 of the wire 1.

The member 1 is therefore free to turn relative to the wires 1, and thehooks 2 and 3 moved out of the way of the hooks 5, or so as to lie inthe vertical plane between the vertical portions of said wires 4:, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The portions 8, with the adjacent portion of the wire 1, form as will beevident, a friction loop through which a belt or strap 10 having abuckle 11 may be removably passed, this belt being then removablyfastened about a post or tree 12, as many of the clusters being mountedon the one belt as may be desired or as there may be room for, and itwill be seen that if the belt is properly placed through the loop andtightened about the post, the hook cluster will be firmly held inposition.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that we haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still. in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hook cluster comprising a central wire having a hook on its lowerend, wires to the sides of the central wire, hooks on the lower ends ofsaid side wires, the latter being bent toward the central wire and beingthen intertwined with each other and wrapped around said central wire atspaced points thereon, said side wires intermediate said wrappings beingparallel to the central wire and spaced suificiently therefrom to formtherewith a friction loop for the slidable reception of a strap.

2. A hook cluster comprising a central Wire having a hook on one end,Wires to the sides of the central Wire, and hooks on the lower ends ofsaid side wires, the latter being bent toward the central wire and beingthen wrapped around the latter, said central wire being turnable in saidwrappings whereby to enablethe hook thereon to assume ditferentpositions relative to the other hooks.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signa- 20 tures.

SAMUEL s. Ross. SUSAN L. sworn.

